Thu 08 Apr
Best Job Ben pumping QLD into China
Queensland Tourism Ambassador Ben Southall will visit Hong Kong, China and Taiwan this week to promote Queensland to Queensland's fastest growing international market, Tourism…
Wed 07 Apr
Rock 'N Blues at Port Douglas Carnivale
Carnivale Rock ‘n’ Blues The Tropical North’s favourite blues musicians will take the stage during the inaugural Carnivale Rock ‘n’ Blues Bonanza on Sunday 23rd May at Rex Smeal…
Wed 07 Apr
Passenger volumes up for January
According to Travel Today, Air traffic in and out of Australia set a new record in January with 2.475 million passengers during the calendar month. Qantas Airways saw its share of…
Wed 07 Apr
Chinese vessel takes coral reef short cut
Salvage experts, some from the same team that rescued the Pasha Bulker off Newcastle in 2007, spent yesterday frantically trying to assess and contain the damage to the…
Tue 06 Apr
Spoof website is nothing like Australia
By Roy Weavers
We picked up from Wotnews online service that Tourism Australia (TA) is investigating legal action against an internet "brandjacker'' who is lampooning its…
Wed 07 Apr
New ways to 'Calypso' to the reef and rainforest
By Roy Weavers
Jess Coleman gave us the 'hot goss' from Troical Journeys over the weekend with the exciting news that they have two new tours being launched and they…
Tue 06 Apr
Shaolin under new management
By Roy Weavers
After 4 years of ownership, Steve and Katrina Edmondson from Reef Adventure Centre have sold the Shaolin, the authentic Chinese Junk that hosts a unique snorkel trip to the…
Tue 06 Apr
This week in the Daintree Rainforest
By Hans van Veluwen
There are several species of Fig Trees ( Ficus sp.) that are referred to as "Strangler Figs" growing throughout our Tropical rainforests.…
Fri 02 Apr
Are you the next Miss Carnivale ?
The quest is on to unmask this year’s Port Douglas Carnivale ambassadors. Organisers of this year’s Miss Carnivale contest are building on the successful format established at this…
Fri 02 Apr
PORT DOUGLAS Magazine Out Now
The latest issue of the PORT DOUGLAS, FREE Visitors Magazine is now in circulation. This high quality, full colour magazine is now 48 pages packed with even more features to help our…
Fri 02 Apr
Food and wine for Carnivale goes 'crazy'
Latin fever is set to strike Port Douglas this May, with organisers of Food, Wine & A Taste of Port presenting a fabulous evening of Latin American food, music and dance…
Thu 01 Apr
Artists announced for Kuranda Roots Festival 2010
By Eva Roberts
One of the North Queensland’s most eclectic festivals is back for 2010 from Friday 25th to Saturday 26th June with the biggest line-up on the bill yet.…
Thu 01 Apr
Where to get your Easter Eggs this weekend
By Roy Weavers
Now, this article is really aimed at the children of our community. Why, I hear you ask? Well I thought junior members of the family would like to have…
Thu 01 Apr
Garrett talks on marine green zones
By Roy Weavers
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has promised all parties with an interest in the Coral Sea and Gulf of Carpentaria conservation zones in Queensland will be…
Thu 01 Apr
Kuranda Railway back on track early April
By Roy Weavers
Many thanks to John Tolentini from Reef and Rainforest Connections in Port Douglas for sending through this latest Kuranda Scenic railway landslide incident…
Thu 01 Apr
New Tourism Australia campaign unveiled
By Roy Weavers
Tourism Australia(TA) has this morning unveiled details of its latest multi-million dollar campaign to sell Australia to the world. The campaign will use the…
Wed 31 Mar
Try an active Easter Weekend
By Roy Weavers
With the long Easter weekend coming up at the end of this week, why not have a go at something that you haven't tried before.
The Port Douglas yacht club is…
Wed 31 Mar
New Daintree walkabout tour announced
Reef and Rainforest Connections have today announced the launch of a new all day tour taking visitors up to the Daintree Rainforest and River entitled 'Daintree Walkabout'. …
Wed 31 Mar
Hey, Hey let's go to Queensland
According to a Queensland Tourism media release, a new Tourism Queensland initiative designed to encourage Australians to take their unused leave and holiday in Queensland went live last…
Wed 31 Mar
Port Photographer in national Photo Comp
Local photographer, Martine Cotton has had some fantastic news. She has been advised that one of her photographs has been selected for the prestigious Head On Photographic…
Wed 31 Mar
Tour de Port shows Tour de Force
Last Saturday about 60 locals and their kids gathered at the Combined Club in Port Douglas for the inaugural Tour de Port which was organised by Lesley Stephens as a fundraising support…
Tue 30 Mar
New Jetstar flights for Cairns
According to Travel Today's latest online newsletter, Jetstar are introducing twenty two additional weekly services out of Cairns, with the relaunch of a direct international Cairns to…
Tue 30 Mar
Adrenaline Film Festival now has website
Organiser Rebecca Steele from Steele Sessions has just very excitedly advised us that there is now a website to visit for the Cairns Adrenaline Film festival. Visit…
Tue 30 Mar
Rex Range prevents a Kuranda style landslide
By Roy Weavers
As reported on Newsport on Friday a landslide derailed the Kuranda Scenic train. The landslide was caused by the torrential rain that Cairns has been…
Tue 30 Mar
This week in the rainforest
By Hans Van Veluwen
Northern Elkhorn ferns ( Platycerium hillii ) are colonising epiphytes. Epiphytes are plants that live in symbiosis with other plants. They derive no…
